A poet relates to the world by constructing their identity through their performance in public spaces. At Outspoken Live‚ poet Lisa Luxx performed ‘He Sounds Just Like Me’‚ a moving poem about her being adopted by a British family and her longing for the “absent root” in which she came from Syria. The audiences’ mood changes when Luxx says “[Syria]…is followed by silence”. This eerily captures the atmosphere in the venue. The silent audience shows their awareness of the conflict in Syria‚ brought
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perspectives that have long been marginalised; in particular‚ refugees and immigrants Shire’s remarkable interpretations in her poems have consequently captivated thousands on the Internet and social media. In the poem ‘Home’ Shire intends to distinctly disclose the struggles and the agonizing battles that refugees experience through their journey for a new start‚ what makes Shire’s poems so mesmerizing is she is honest with her words and she is not afraid to not filter out any harsh imagery in order for her
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The people in any army face hardships‚ and the poem “Danny Dever” shows just another one that the British soldiers had to go through. The hanging of Danny Deever not only scares‚ intimidates‚ and disturbs the soldiers‚ but also makes the Colour-Sergeant have to question himself on what the army is doing and whether it is right. The poem shows the questioning of what is ethical and watching the loss of someone you know. The Colour-Sergeant is a higher up of the British army‚ so he knows that the
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the aeroplane he stares impassively where he earns his living and they do not care. War Photographer is an anti- war poem. The poet Carol Ann Duffy was friendly with a photographer Don McCullin‚ who published photos of war. The present poem is based on the conversation that she had with this photographer. She seems to empathize with the photographer and not the readers. The poem basically is about the feelings of a photographer as he develops the photographs of war. In the opening line itself a
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The message of the poem‚ “Sadie and Maud”‚ is that the success and happiness is not determined by a structured path‚ but the one we create. In the poem it says “Maud went to college/Sadie stayed home/Sadie scraped life/With a fine-tooth comb/She didn’t leave a tangle in” (Lines 1-4). This is saying that Maud went to college and Sadie did not go to college. It is also significant because it compares Sadie with a fine-tooth comb because fine-tooth combs take everything in and does not leave a tangles
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Dark Cloud The pervasive tone of Wordsworth’s poem is that of a dark cloud. A dark cloud emotionally‚ is one that hangs over your life. His dark cloud is a painful awareness of appending mortality. It over shadowing him throughout his life sometimes moving closer and other times farther away. The cloud isn’t there all the time in the same way. He describes periods of being free from it. His descriptions of nature‚ the earth‚ the heavens‚ all of the life of the Earth‚ are so vivid that they convey
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affair. This abruptness is supported by the following line because the phrase “a slap in the face” can be used to imply the element of surprise. The lake in Mirror ‘has drowned a young girl and replaced her with a middle-aged woman. Throughout the poem the mirror/lake appears as quite a sadistic character who takes delight in the girl’s sadness. This text informs us that her youth is passing and age is gaining on her; the word ‘young’ puts particular emphasis on this fact. The drowning could suggest
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Constantly risking absurdity The poem “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti is a poem where he compares a poem to an acrobat.He starts off by describing how an acrobat risks everything even his life to his audience by walking in a high wire of his own making.What Ferlinghetti means is that an acrobat does everything he can including his most precious values mental and physical to entertain and amaze his audience. He doesn`t care if he makes a fool of himself o even kill himself
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And that is the end of the poem”‚ said Professor Wright. “Any thoughts from anyone?”‚ he asked. Hedy raised her hand. I was surprised. Hedy rarely talked. “Professor Wright Sir‚ when can I see my husband? He gave me joy and happiness in life. We were married for fifty-one years before he passed away. Please Sir‚ I just want to see him again”. Professor Wright did not give Hedy the answer as to when she would again see her husband. He‚ instead‚ said that she was on the right path. I figured
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patches of two or more colors‚ as various birds and other animals:The poem’s first phrase grabs the reader with a familiar religious line‚ "Glory be to God." This sets the tone for the rest of the poem by praising all of the images Hopkins will present in "Pied Beauty."Another central focus of the poem introduced in the first line is diversity‚ specifically to sensory details that appeal to one’s sight‚ by using the word "dappled‚" which is defined as......having spots of a different shade‚ tone
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